Associations to the word «Rebus»

Wiktionary

REBUS, noun. A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
REBUS, noun. (heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
REBUS, verb. (transitive) To mark or indicate by a rebus.

Dictionary definition

REBUS, noun. A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams